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Ctenacanthus laevis

Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae

Taxonomy
Ctenacanthus laevis was named by Davis (1883). Its type specimen is BMNH P.2531, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Armagh, Ireland (BMNH), which is in a Mississippian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Ctenacanthus laevis Davis p. 341 figs. pl. xlv, fig. 1
1891Ctenacanthus laevis Woodward p. 102

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderCtenacanthiformes(Cappetta 1988)
familyCtenacanthidaeDean 1909
genusCtenacanthus
specieslaevisDavis 1883

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Ctenacanthus laevis Davis 1883
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Diagnosis
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